Spending the day with my sisters!

Today was so much fun. 

We went up to Logan, at my younger sisters house, and worked hard...all...day...long!

All three of us sisters love Pinterest. There are tons of great pins about freezer meals and crock pot meals. We figured we should put all of our pinning to work and actually make some of the things we were pinning. 

This is us at the beginning of the day...so clean...so happy..so full of energy!

 Shawn took half of the kids to the Fun Center to play. That left my two older girls, Jennifer's oldest daughter and Shelley's youngest son.

Here is how the day went.

 Noah wanted to play super hero...

 

 We got out all the food and started cooking, and cutting...

Lots and lots of cutting...

 And a little crying...we had a lot of onions to cut up.

Then Noah and MaKady played with the camera

Then Noah wanted to eat a carrot...

 And be held by his mama...

 (p.s. Baby girl will join us next time...she will arrive in May:)

We peeled potatoes...or rather Shawntell did...she peeled a lot!

 Shredded chicken...

 

And mixed and dumped stuff into bags.

Then Noah wanted to play a little peek a boo :)

Then we did dishes...and more dishes.

 And took a few creepy, weird pictures to keep us entertained!

This was the end result...25 dinners and enough cookie dough for 9 dozen chocolate chip cookies!

Here is where we got the recipes

http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2012/09/slow-cooker-freezer-meals-make-8-meals.html

http://freezermealsforus.com/2010/10/chicken-cordon-bleu-ann-road-meal-swap-group/

Don't we look fabulous after only 4 hours of cooking haha

We were a little tired...and Makady photo bombed us!

Then we did something all girls do when they are with their sisters...we waxed our eyebrows!!

 Jennifer is a pro at it.

This is our gross hair...3 sisters...a few nieces...and daughters...and we even got one nephew to let us fix his unibrow! It definitely was a successful day!

 I sure love these girls. They are amazing, beautiful, fabulous ladies that I not only call my sisters but my best friends!!!!!

Life keeps going...

This post is going to be a mish mash of recentish events haha...enjoy!

First...Shawn and I had the opportunity to serve Thanksgiving lunch at a local Senior Center.

 It was the first time I had ever wore a hair net...I love new adventures :)

I have the opportunity to serve with the Young Women in our church...for one of the activities we made graham cracker Temples. Shawntell and I are goofy!

Austin turned 10. He is such a funny kid! He wanted to take a birthday picture looking like an old man that is 110...he put on sunglasses and said they were his bifocals, put on a fake mustache, and found a stick to turn into a cane. Then he said he wanted the picture to be in black and white so he looked older.

 As a family we went down town and saw the lights on Temple Square.

Shawntell decided to cut her hair and donate over 10 inches to Locks of Love. It was a great decision...and she looks beautiful with the new hair cut.

And before you know it...Christmas was here.

The kids all got matching hats!

As part of my Christmas, Shawn bought us tickets to go and see Mannheim Steamroller in concert! It was so magical...a must do! I loved every second of it.

Then New Years Eve!!! We had some friends over to our house to play games and eat food...always a fun time!

And to end the year or rather begin the new year we celebrated Shawns birthday!

And this picture shows his super powers of "laser eye site"! 

What a busy/fun filled/growing/stressful year 2013 was. We made it through with our chins held high...can't wait to see what 2014 has in store for us :)

Um...so it really is broken :(

Shawn had a rough night sleeping, his foot really started to hurt. So he decided to go to the Dr. And guess what, it was brokend :(

 This is the stages his foot took...rolled ankle, swollen, walking boot!

Thanksgiving...Stuart style!

This years Thanksgiving celebration was a little different. Both sets of Grandparents are serving LDS missions. My older sister, Jennifer, offered to host Thanksgiving at her house, or rather her church :) Even with my brother, Dustin, and his family missing, and the Grandparents, there were still 21 of us.

(All of us Stuart kids...missins Dustin and his family...so sad)

Last year we decided to stop doing "Christmas gifts" between the cousins and do a service project with the money we would have spent on a family gift. This year we helped make file folder games that are being sent to Vietnam, to teach children how to speak English.

 We also ate a lot...

This would be my nephew, Everett, drinking straight creme :)

And of course the men started the day off with a nice little game of basketball...Shawn sort of rolled his ankle. 

(Day one)

(Day two)

(Day three)

It isn't broken...just sprained. 

I also had the opportunity to run in a Turkey Trot that morning.

It was a good Thanksgiving...Jennifer did a fabulous job hosting. We have countless blessings to be thankful for, especially our amazing family!!! We missed Mom and Mike but were able to skype with them that morning. Next Thanksgiving Shawns parents will already be home...now that is crazy!